The South African Police Service (SAPS) has accepted a new and challenging objective of ensuring that its crime statistics are in line with international best practice. This will be achieved through a Memorandum of Understanding with Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), aimed at further enhancing the quality and integrity of the South African crime statistics.  The crime statistics generated by SAPS are an important link in the value chain of the statistics system informs policy development and planning in the criminal justice system. The collaboration with StatsSA will go a long way in enhancing the integrity of the SAPS crime statistics and ensuring that policy-makers have quality data to assist them with making policy decisions.

More on This

Crime Stats - Murder, Sexual Offence Rates Rising in South Africa

• Crime Stats - Murder, Sexual Offences Rose in 2018/19
• Murder Rate Increases By 1.4%
• Factsheet - South Africa's Crime Statistics for 2018/19
• How Useful Are Police Crime Stats? Here's What We Can Expect From This Year's Figures

Murder Rate is Up in South Africa - Crime Statistics

• Call for More Police for Poor Communities As Murder Rate Climbs
• 'There's Nothing to Write Home About' - Police Boss Cele on Crime Stats
• The War Zone in a No-War Zone As Police Minister Admits Police Have Dropped the Ball
• Murder By Numbers - More Women and Children Killed
• VIDEO: Briefing by South Africa Police on Annual Crime Statistics

South Africa Crime Stats Show More Murders, Hijackings

• PHOTOESSAY: Infographics Reveal Crime Rates for 2016 in South Africa
• Decrease in Crimes Detected By Police
• Carjacking, Residential Robbery On the Up
• Murder Up 4.9 Percent
• Contact Crime Remains 'Stubborn' - Nhleko
• Vuwani Protests Lead to Spike in Limpopo's Malicious Damage to Property Stats
• How Will Social Workers Bring Down Crime? - Phahlane
• Sexual Offences Down in Seven Provinces
• Sharp Spike in Violent Protests Around SA
• Should You Fight Back Against Criminals?
• Over Two Million Charges Laid With Police in the Last Year
• Police Making a Dent in Crime - Phahlane
• Crime Stats to Be Revealed in Parliament
• DA to Demand Answers On Crime Stats
• Police Minister to Release Crime Stats Before Police Committee
• Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko Releases 2015/16 Crime Statistics, 2 Sept

Crime Stats for South Africa Show Changes in Serious Offences

• Crime Statistics - More Sexual Offences, Attempted Murder Cases Drop
• What Minister Cele Said About Annual Crime Statistics

Should South Africa's Sexual Offences Register Be Made Public?

• Making Sexual Offenders Registry Public a Recipe for Disaster - Legal Expert
• How Effective Would Be Making the National Register for Sexual Offenders Public?
• How Useful Are Police Crime Stats? Here's What We Can Expect From This Year's Figures